So how long did it take you to get to work/home today?

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So how long did it take you to get to work/home today?

Postby B1NZ » Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:40 pm

I did'nt bother going to work this morning as the road was blocked by that stupid big slip, So i waited till 12pm, Took me 2hours to get from my house in Khandaalh, to my work in Petone, A trip that usually takes 10-15mins arrrgh!

Left work early and it took 20mins to get home, So i was at work today for a grand total of 2 hours lol :lol:

apparently its going to take 24-48 hours to clear 8O
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Postby Leon » Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:09 pm

I think it took Donna about an hour to get home from Lower Hutt to Johnsonville, but she left later than yourself this afternoon.

Apparently Wellington -> Petone is still a 2 + hour journey.
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Postby gurutasker » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:39 pm

It took me around an hour to get home from Wellington to Whitby, the longest part of that trip was between porirua and whitby, as all the hutt traffic had been told to divert over the haywards.

Worst story, is one of my mother's was one of those told to divert.. she spent over 3 hours to get home to the hutt! 8O

Anyways, nice warm in front of the fire tonight, contemplating not going in tomorrow. Hope everyone else is too :lol:
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Postby The Wombat » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:54 pm

good think i live up in pram lol 5 mins to work and 5 back muhahahahaha :P
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Postby FXGTV » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:55 am

gurutasker wrote:It took me around an hour to get home from Wellington to Whitby, the longest part of that trip was between porirua and whitby, as all the hutt traffic had been told to divert over the haywards.

Worst story, is one of my mother's was one of those told to divert.. she spent over 3 hours to get home to the hutt! 8O

Anyways, nice warm in front of the fire tonight, contemplating not going in tomorrow. Hope everyone else is too :lol:


My boss was 3 hours late to work, left Porirua at 10am expecting to get to work (Queensgate) at 10.30am...ended up clocking in at 1.20pm :lol:
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Postby Arthanon » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:36 am

10 Minutes...

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Postby Silvertop » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:33 am

Grumble grumle.

~1 hour from Wellington to Newlands (5 - 6pm). Took a few photos of the journey, cripes i was bored.
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Postby pc » Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:51 pm

The trains were late as usual, so no change there... 1 hour each way
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Postby 2LTR Rona » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:04 pm

I didnt notice any difference in the time taken to get home last night, left work just before / on 5, picked up the sister then nephew & walked in the door at 5:45pm
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Postby neo » Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:39 pm

Yeah I really felt it too, Evans Bay to Miramar took 9 minutes instead of 7! I cant beleive how slow some people drive in the fast (English version: over taking) lane

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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:09 pm

pc wrote:The trains were late as usual, so no change there... 1 hour each way


You catch the train??
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Postby Simon K » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:03 pm

We had vans going P'town/Haywards/Hutt or CBD to the Hutt direct to give an indication of the delays(killing jobs everywhere)and the last few days were a bit of a nightmare.

I spent Wednesday going mainly around town and got home at 5pm, totally avoiding the mess. Picked the mrs up from the train station at 6.20 then the phone rang. Datamail Porirua to Datamail Petone :roll: . The job was booked at five to six and accordingly there was no "After hours" charge added to it :evil:

Traffic was backed up around the inlet from the first 80 kph sign and moving at a walking pace, the Haywards were only marginally better and the trip took 40 mins in the end. Today wasn't much better with fresh slippage seemingly everywhere you turn.
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Postby BlakJak » Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:09 pm

Petone to Porirua would usually take 20 minutes with no traffic, so 40 isnt _that_ bad.

I was fortunate to avoid the jams; I was in Auckland on business when the first slip happened... when the most recent one happened (Yesterday) I was in the CBD, I stalled my homeward trip untill 6pm and it was all sorted by then.

But yeah, does sorta illustrate how screwed we are when the only highway between the Hutt and the City gets closed, eh...
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Postby Simon K » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:05 am

BlakJak wrote:Petone to Porirua would usually take 20 minutes with no traffic, so 40 isnt _that_ bad.


I was hoping it would take a bit longer, was charging by the minute ;)
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